Topic: unable to see router

[John]

It seems like every other night my e-smith server running 4.1.2 is looses connection to my router which is providing DSL to my network.  I can ping the local NIC and the external NIC, but I can not ping the router.  A quick reboot and I am back up and running.   This server was first installed with 4.1.1 and then about a month later upgraded to 4.1.2.

[Allen Rapini]

I jsut made a comment elsewhere about my DSL under 4.1.2

see:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=10615.msg40088#msg40088

Two questions:
is your router a true router or a DSL modem?

did the problem occur only after the upgrade to 4.1.2?


If you have any questions I can help with, feel free to post them here.

Allen

[John]

I am using a Paradyne SDSL Router, and a static IP on a 512K connection.  The problem began before the upgrade.  ( I thought that 4.1.2 might fix it )   I thought that it might have been the router, so I tried to power it down and up....   that did nothing.
I am hoping to chalk it up to old hardware.  I am running on a old 266Mhz.

[Allen Rapini]

It may not be ALL the hardware, but the network card itself... Before you make yourself crazy, try a different one... Or even try swapping them in the setup, and then comparing. You should then maintain your external connection, and regulary lose your internal.
Neither is acceptable, but if you have to reboot to re-connect with the DSL router, the clients couldn't access it then either. Once you have them switched and a condition where the clients can't get outside access, test your internet connection.